Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God pdf

William James Durant était un écrivain, historien et philosophe américain prolifique. Il est surtout connu pour les 11 volumes The Story of Civilization, écrits en collaboration avec sa femme Ariel et publiés entre 1935 et 1975. Il était auparavant connu pour son livre, The Story of Philosophy, écrit en 1926, qui était considéré comme "un œuvre révolutionnaire qui a contribué à populariser la philosophie. » Ils ont reçu le prix Pulitzer de littérature en 1967 et la médaille présidentielle de la liberté en 1977.

Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God pdf par Will Durant

Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” With Fallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge. In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. Fallen Leaves is “a thought-provoking array of opinions” (Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durant’s revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In Durant’s singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life’s journey.